The Federal Republic of Vesuva is a gargantuan, environmentally stunning nation, ruled by Rielle the Everwise with a fair hand, and remarkable for its daily referendums, punitive income tax rates, and devotion to social welfare. The compassionate, democratic, cheerful population of 11.936 billion Vesuvans enjoy extensive civil rights and enjoy a level of social equality free from the usual accompanying government corruption.

The enormous, socially-minded government prioritizes Education, with Healthcare, Environment, and Administration also on the agenda. It meets to discuss matters of state in the capital city of Changeling. The average income tax rate is 98.0%.

The frighteningly efficient Vesuvan economy, worth a remarkable 1,881 trillion Vesuvan dollars a year, is driven entirely by a combination of government and state-owned industry, with private enterprise illegal. The industrial sector, which is quite specialized, is led by the Information Technology industry, with major contributions from Tourism and Book Publishing. Average income is an impressive 157,652 Vesuvan dollars, and distributed extremely evenly, with practically no difference between the richest and poorest citizens.

Nuclear physics is the most popular course at university, conductors wield diamond-encrusted batons to fit in with their freshly gilded surroundings, 'The Anti-Government Hour' is a popular programme on many of Vesuva's radio stations, and late night talk show hosts are having a field day over Rielle the Everwise's questionably sane new coalition partners. Crime, especially youth-related, is totally unknown, thanks to a well-funded police force and progressive social policies in education and welfare. Vesuva's national animal is the Scorpion, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests.